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Sim Hyon Sop (5)

Events whose actors field, as written by the source, names this.

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
Since September 2021Sim Hyon Sop receiving IT-worker and stolen-crypto fundsSim Hyon Sop (KKBC); DPRK IT workers
(seizures March, June, August and September 2022)North Korean IT worker money laundering network: IT worker payments laundered and sent back via Sim Hyon Sop (FTB) and Kim Sang Man (Chinyong / Jinyong IT Cooperation Company)North Korean IT workers; Sim Hyon Sop; Kim Sang Man; Chinyong (Jinyong IT Cooperation Company)
2023-04-24IT workers at U.S. blockchain development companies laundering earnings via SimUnited StatesSim Hyon Sop; North Korean IT workers
2023-04-24Laundering of stolen funds from virtual currency exchange hacks via OTC tradersSim Hyon Sop; Wu Huihui; Cheng Hung Man; "Jammy Chen"
2025-06-05IT workers at blockchain development companies; $7.74 million frozenNorth Korean IT workers; Sim Hyon Sop; Kim Sang Man (Chinyong)